A34-Lanct«t«f Farming, Saturday, AprH 8,1989
SUE CROW
Maryland Correspondent
EASTON, MD President
Ken Holland presided over the
annual dinner meeting in which
the four counties, Caroline, Dor
chester, Marva and Talbot, have
joined to form the Tidewater
D.H.I.A. Awards were given out
for the top herd for milk in each
county.
Harmony Farm was the leader
from Caroline for milk, fat and
protein. Their herd record stands
at 21,676 m 3.93% 851 f 713 p.
They also had the lowest somatic
cell count on which 89 percent of
their 131 cows had an average cell
count of 106,000. Ten herds make
up this county.
In Dorchester County W. Blan
Harcum had the top record on 169
cows with 15,993 m 3.96% 633 f
532 p. Glad-Mar Farm, Inc. stood
at the top of Marva with 20S cows
and a record of 16,465 m 3.76%
619 f 54 Ip. Both of these herds
come from counties with two
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Or Directions Call: (717)925-6939
Tidewater DHIA Honors Harmony Farm
herds each.
Talbot county, with five herds,
had Wm. and Bonnie Brinsfield as
their top producer. On a herd of 61
cows their record was 19,250 m
3.86% 742 f 630 p.
Harmony Farm was the leader
for having the most cows with
lifetime records over 150,000 with
six. Daniel Hollingsworth 111 and
W. Blan Harcum each had two
cows and Richard Edwards and
David Wells each had one cow in
Livestock Show Planned
STATE COLLEGE (Centre)
The Penn State Chapter of the
Block and Bridle Club will be
holding the 72nd Little Interna
tional on April 15 at the Ag Arena,
State College. The show will start
at 8:00 a.m. and run approximately
to 2:00 p.m.
The Little International is a
livestock show open to all univer
sity students. Students may show
either a heifer, hog, sheep, or
Ooor
their herd with such lifetime
records.
Bountiful Farm showed the
greatest increase in milk and fat
production over the previous year.
It was an increase of 3,265 pounds
of milk and 113 pounds of fat.
They also had the highest increase
in protein over last year with 120
pounds.
The following is a list of the top
herd for milk and fat production
for each age group:
horse. Students are given a certain
amount of time to train and groom
their animal in preparation for the
show.
The students are judged on two
things at the show. The animal is
judged on how well it is groomed,
while the student is judged on how
well he shows the animal.
For more information, contact
Kim Hopple at 814/238-1235.
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